The Functional Reach Test: Are 3 trials necessary?

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 144-148

  Billek Sawhney, Barbara ^a   Gay, Jacqueline ^b  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b United Community Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Fall risk; Functional reach test; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL REACH TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 18844394563     PISSN: 08827524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013614-200504000-00010     Document Type: Article

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